[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25780]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mrs. SCHMIDT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about an issue of 
great importance--health care. The potential bill before us should 
concern all Americans. While I have numerous issues with this bill, I 
will highlight two.
  The first is abortion. There is no language to exclude abortion 
coverage in this bill. An overwhelming majority of Americans are 
against Federal tax dollars paying for abortion; yet this bill opens 
the door to do just that.
  Second, cuts to our seniors. This bill is paid for out of the pockets 
of our seniors, with $162 billion coming from Medicare Advantage, a 
plan millions of our American seniors, including 17,000 in my district, 
enjoy.
  Mr. Speaker, we can do better than this. Let us not pass a bill that 
could harm our most vulnerable, our infants, and our elderly.

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